# Chris Hansen has to take himself a seat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344 "2011-06-30T02:07:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/21 "2011-06-30T03:31:14Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > But maybe you are not able to understand this parallel, which is not a huge surprise to some who are familiar with you Aw. Looks like I hurt someone’s feelings, but hell if I know how. I haven’t posted anything substantive on this board in five years or more and admit it, so it says something about you that my MPSIMSes apparently frustrate you enough to make such a weak swipe at me. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/22 "2011-06-30T05:06:57Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > I’m no blue-nosed moralist, but I have no problem with people being pilloried for cheating in a committed relationship. It’s no _so_ far apart from confidence tricks in terms of harm. Personally, I have no idea what the nature of the relationship between him and his wife is, and I’m guessing that the National Enquirer didn’t check. For all I know they have an open relationship and she picked this woman for him. I don’t want to know. If it was about correcting harm, the National Enquirer should tell the wife, not me. To the extent that his behavior harms his wife I have to think it only magnifies it to have it as the lead on Extra. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/23 "2011-06-30T05:56:06Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Personally, I have no idea what the nature of the relationship between him and his wife is, and I’m guessing that the National Enquirer didn’t check. For all I know they have an open relationship and she picked this woman for him. I don’t want to know Not so far from you there - I have not looked at the article at all and don’t really care to - just took the thread title at face value and assumed he was caught by his wife. I am constitutionally fine with putting cheaters in stocks, but not terribly interested in reading the lurid details. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/24 "2011-06-30T06:15:06Z")
Did he get busted by a guy dressed like a tree? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/25 "2011-06-30T14:51:33Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > But maybe you are not able to understand this parallel, which is not a huge surprise to some who are familiar with you > [@Hades](#): > > Aw. Looks like I hurt someone’s feelings, but hell if I know how. I haven’t posted anything substantive on this board in five years or more and admit it, so it says something about you that my MPSIMSes apparently frustrate you enough to make such a weak swipe at me. Cool it, both of you. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/26 "2011-06-30T14:59:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Did he get busted by a guy dressed like a tree? No, but he did get swarmed by a group of jilted wives on his way out. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/27 "2011-06-30T15:08:39Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > No, because he has made a name for himself exposing people behaving dishonestly—Pedophiles, con-men, crooked contractors, rip off artists of all stripes: All of whom trade on deceit, by lying, sneaking around, pretending to be someone they are not—Just like a guy sleeping around on his wife… > > (But maybe you are not able to understand this parallel, which is not a huge surprise to some who are familiar with you) Your parallel sucks. He exposes people getting away with crimes, not people who have fibbed to family members. > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > What I find most disturbing is that, except for the side she parts her hair on, his mistress appears to be almost an exact clone of his wife minus twenty years, down to the same hair bleach roots. Seriously, does this guy have an original bone in his body? > > Stranger I know! It wasn’t until I read the article that I learned they were different people. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/28 "2011-06-30T15:12:18Z")
I have heard speculation on the morning commute radio that Hansen may have been the target of a sting in this matter. What’s the straight dope on this? (“Sting” as in entrapment.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/29 "2011-06-30T15:32:58Z")
Just to head off a nitpick, a sting is not the same thing as entrapment. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/30 "2011-06-30T15:47:30Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Seriously, does this guy have an original bone in his body? So he should only cheat if he is breaking new ground (so to speak)? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/31 "2011-06-30T16:35:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Just to head off a nitpick, a sting is not the same thing as entrapment. “Head off”, or “beat some other doper to the punch”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/32 "2011-06-30T16:49:13Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > “Head off”, or “beat some other doper to the punch”? 😃 Possibly both, but I was hoping that if I pointed out that not everybody believes the two things are the same, we wouldn’t have to have a long debate about whether they are equivalent or not. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/33 "2011-06-30T16:57:25Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > I have heard speculation on the morning commute radio that Hansen may have been the target of a sting in this matter. What’s the straight dope on this? > > (“Sting” as in entrapment.) The National Enquirer followed him and taped him, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/34 "2011-06-30T17:27:43Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > The National Enquirer followed him and taped him, I believe. There are two ways this story could have developed: 1. Someone tipped off NE, and they followed him on his buisness trips for a couple months, then taped him meeting a female friend. Fairly standard procedure, I assume, for the tabloid type of journalism, taking advantage of an opportunity as it presented itself. 2. Someone at NE decided they didn’t like Hansen, and decided to dig up any kind of dirt they can. (Possibly even hiring a lady to entice Hansen. The story on the Washington Post/Entertainment section states that he had been dating her for only four months.) I don’t think #2 absolves Hansen vis-a-vis his wife in any way, but journalists “creating” news? Not professional. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/35 "2011-06-30T18:12:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Cool it, both of you. Does that mean all of us, or can we politely ask **MPB in Salt Lake** what he meant by: > [@](#): > > But maybe you are not able to understand this parallel, which is not a huge surprise to some who are familiar with you Because I happen to know **Hades** pretty well and I am rather baffled by this comment. I mean, at least the latter half. I am _very_ familiar with **Hades** and rather think **MPB in Salt Lake** has him confused with someone else! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/36 "2011-06-30T18:13:45Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Does that mean all of us, or can we politely ask **MPB in Salt Lake** what he meant by: The answer is probably going to be insulting or turn this into a conversation about **Hades**. So please let it go or send **MPB in Salt Lake** a private message. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/37 "2011-06-30T18:14:59Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The answer is probably going to be insulting or turn this into a conversation about **Hades**. So please let it go or send **MPB in Salt Lake** a private message. Ok, thank you for the response. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/38 "2011-06-30T18:22:33Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Seriously, does this guy have an original bone in his body? I think we’re more likely to find it in Miss Caddell (Trystin’ Kristyn). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/39 "2011-06-30T19:15:07Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Smug, self-righteous asshole gets caught doing the same kind of things he has made a career of decrying. > > Maybe he should become a televangelist… I don’t like Hansen’s gig a tiny bit, but it’s not quite accurate to say that adultery is morally equal to pedophilia. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344/40 "2011-06-30T19:40:22Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I don’t like Hansen’s gig a tiny bit, but it’s not quite accurate to say that adultery is morally equal to pedophilia. It used to be. Adultery used to be illegal in much of the world and still is in a lot of places. It also used to be common for older men to date and marry girls around 15 or 16. I think that cheating on your spouse is much more morally equivalent to con men and internet scammers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344.md?page=3)